Beans & Legumes

Four-Bean Salad with Green Romesco

Come summertime, you’ve got a lot of options: skinny haricots verts, fat Romano beans, or classic, stemmy green beans—and all work here.

Lemony White Beans and Escarole with Anchovy and Parmesan

Part starch, part salad—great for when you want both but don’t feel like making both.

Frizzled Chickpeas and Onions with Feta and Oregano

Not quite fried, not quite caramelized, they sizzle and crisp and caramelize in a good amount of olive oil along with smashed garlic, resulting in what can only be described as frizzled.

Black Lentils with Crispy Garlic and Labne

They appear expensive and complicated, but are actually pretty cheap and can be cooked just like pasta.

Gorgeous Chili (The Short Way)

This version uses ground beef (or turkey or pork), is heavy on the tomato, is well spiced but will not necessarily light your mouth on fire, and a good dose of canned bean (yes, there are beans in this chili).

Caramelized Beans with Tomato & Cabbage

This saucy, tangy recipe might be the closest of the three to traditional “baked beans,” but these are sweet not from brown sugar or molasses but rather from jammy tomatoes and browned cabbage.

Gorgeous Chili

Chili means many different things depending on where you are. Heavy on the tomato, well spiced but will not light-your-mouth on fire, uses hunks of meat (chuck, sirloin, brisket, etc.) to slow braise and beans cooked from dried.

Sheet-Pan Trout With Garlicky Broccolini

The benefits of cooking trout whole, butterflied go beyond visual appeal—the large piece drastically reduces the risk of overcooking, and the longer roasting time gives other vegetables on the pan a chance to crisp up.

Brothy Chickpeas with Calabrian Chili

To me, these chickpeas are a perfect simple side dish to any large format protein you’re serving, but they can also be used as a blank canvas for whatever other chickpea journey you’re on. Use them for a frizzled chickpea salad, crush them with some raw garlic and serve with fried eggs.

Frizzled Chickpea Salad

I’d eat these not quite fried, not quite caramelized onions and chickpeas with salty, creamy feta and lots of herbs (leafy, spriggy, coarse!) literally any time of day—an ideal side no matter the meal.

Vinegar-Marinated Butter Beans

These butter beans are just as much a snack as a side for me; I love them as part of a larger spread, alongside raw vegetables, and/or all the cheeses.

Dilly Bean Stew with Cabbage and Frizzled Onions

The low number of deceptively modest ingredients might convince you this stew doesn’t have what it takes to be your new favorite stew– but I assure you, it does.